Scary thought, huh? Almost as scary as pregnancy - which is unspeakably weird when you think about it. We humans don't like to think of ourselves as organic beings, which is why we plate ourselves in so much inorganic armour - clothes, cars, houses - but every so often you vomit up blood and think, ****, I'm breakable.

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